Edition - April 2020

Council extends construction hours

The City of Melbourne has temporarily adjusted the management of construction activity in “certain cases” in the municipality in a bid to fast-track construction projects, save jobs and help limit the economic impact of coronavirus (COVID-19).

07 Apr 2020

How the virus has hit Southbank

07 Apr 2020

Council well placed to support battling businesses

At a time when small business is getting wiped out by the coronavirus, it was good to see City of Melbourne councillors nimbly come up with a $10 million support package at the committee meeting held on March 17.

07 Apr 2020

Gig economy grey area

In November last year, food delivery drivers working for platforms like UberEats in the CBD were targeted in a Victoria Police traffic operation. Two hundred infringement notices were issued, with at least a quarter of offences relating to delivery bike users.

07 Apr 2020

Dark times for our Arts Precinct

07 Apr 2020

Adapting to rapid change

While Southbank’s Arts Precinct has been shut down to the world, the next generation of students aspiring to fill these spaces from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) have too had their creative pursuits disrupted by COVID-19.

Something to think about at the Guild

07 Apr 2020

PSC stays ahead of the curve

Photography Studies College Melbourne (PSC) has adapted to the rapidly changing educational landscape by introducing new ways of creating an engaging live face-to-face learning experience for students off-campus.